BARBERVILLE, Fla. – Feb. 20, 2016 – Brett Hearn powered through the field from a 21st place starting position and got around Stewart Friesen with 12 to go to score a come-from-behind win on the final night of the 45th Annual DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park. Friesen finished second with the Big-Block Week Champion Matt Sheppard in third.
A-Main (30 Laps) – 1. 20-Brett Hearn, 2. 44-Stewart Freisen, 3. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 4. 19-Tim Fuller, 5. 27J-Danny Johnson, 6. 49-Billy Dunn, 7. 21a-Pete Britten, 8. 99L-Larry Wight, 9. 54-Steve Bernard, 10. 7-Rick Laubach, 11. 14J-Alan Johnson, 12. 1T-Tyler Dippel, 13. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 14. 1-Billy Pauch, 15. 1G-Darwin Green, 16. 30-Jamie Mills, 17. 32c-Vic Coffey, 18. 5-Billy VanInwegen, 19. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 20. 83-Brian Swartzlander, 21. 74-J.R Heffner, 22. 85-H.J. Bunting, 23. 5*-Tyler Siri, 24. 28p-Eldon Payne, 25. 323-Neal Williams, 26. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 27. 7-Tim Kerr, 28. 8-Rich Scagliotta
Last Chance Showdown 1 (10-laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer) – 1. 20-Brett Hearn, 2. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 3. 5-Billy VanInwegen, 4. 83-Brian Swartzlander, 5. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky, 6. 21k-Randy Chrysler, 7. 29e-Erik Martin
Last Chance Showdown 2 (10-laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer) – 1. 49-Billy Dunn, 2. 85-H.J. Bunting, 3. 54-Steve Bernard, 4. 1G-Darwin Green, 5. OBs-Jeremy Markle
Heat 1 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 1T-Tyler Dippel, 2. 5*-Tyler Siri, 3. 14J-Alan Johnson, 4. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 5. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 6. 20-Brett Hearn, 7. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky, 8. 19m-Jessey Mueller
Heat 2 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 2. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 3. 32c-Vic Coffey, 4. 30-Jamie Mills, 5. 28p-Eldon Payne, 6. 5-Billy VanInwegen, 7. 83-Brian Swartzlander, 8. 21k-Randy Chrysler, 9. 1G-Darwin Green
Heat 3 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 1-Billy Pauch, 2. 7-Rick Laubach, 3. 99L-Larry Wight, 4. 7-Tim Kerr, 5. 323-Neal Williams, 6. OBs-Jeremy Markle, 7. 14-C.G. Morey, 8. 64-Daniel Nadeau
Heat 4 (8 Laps – Top 5 finishers transfer to the A-feature) – 1. 44-Stewart Freisen, 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 3. 27J-Danny Johnson, 4. 21a-Pete Britten, 5. 74-J.R Heffner, 6. 49-Billy Dunn, 7. 85-H.J. Bunting, 8. 54-Steve Bernard
Qualifying Group 1 – 1. 1T-Tyler Dippel, 17.589; 2. 5*-Tyler Siri, 17.675; 3. 14J-Alan Johnson, 17.793; 4. 8-Rich Scagliotta, 18.3; 5. 48T-Dave Rauscher, 18.348; 6. 29J-Chris Ostrowsky, 18.51; 7. 19m-Jessey Mueller, 18.528; 8. 29e-Erik Martin, 18.86; 9. 20-Brett Hearn, 19.523
Qualifying Group 2 – 1. 30-Jamie Mills, 17.644; 2. 9s-Matt Sheppard, 17.737; 3. 28p-Eldon Payne, 17.758; 4. 25R-Erick Rudolph, 17.807; 5. 32C-Vic Coffey, 17.845; 6. 5-Billy VanInwegen, 17.916; 7. 83-Brian Swartzlander, 18.002; 8. 1G-Darwin Green, 18.127; 9. 21k-Randy Chrysler, 18.18
Qualifying Group 3 – 1. 1-Billy Pauch, 17.125; 2. 7-Rick Laubach, 17.422; 3. 99L-Larry Wight, 17.446; 4. 7-Tim Kerr, 17.718; 5. 64-Daniel Nadeau, 17.8; 6. 323-Neal Williams, 17.957; 7. 14-C.G. Morey, 17.961; 8. OBs-Jeremy Markle, 18.103
Qualifying Group 4 – 1. 44-Stewart Freisen, 17.289; 2. 19-Tim Fuller, 17.345; 3. 21a-Pete Britten, 17.462; 4. 49-Billy Dunn, 17.761; 5. 74-J.R Heffner, 17.78; 6. 54-Steve Bernard, 18.024; 7. 85-H.J. Bunting, 18.1; 8. 27J-Danny Johnson, 18.154